The Ringer NFL Draft Show

We discuss the players whose hill we are either dying on or abandoning after a slow start to the season and who you could potentially trade them for. We finish the show with a few bad beats from Week 3.

Odell Beckham Jr., Browns (10:11)

David Johnson, Texans (16:28)

Will Fuller, Texans (19:11)

D.J. Moore, Panthers (23:22)

Cam Akers, Rams (30:53)

DeAndre Hopkins, Cardinals (33:38)

Kenyan Drake, Cardinals (35:56)

Kerryon Johnson, Lions (39:36)

Joe Mixon, Bengals (42:31)

Gardner Minshew, Jaguars (47:25)

Bad Beats (47:57)

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We break down the headlines of the week, including Russell Wilson and Josh Allen’s fantasy explosions and Nick Foles’s triumphant return. Later we get into the winners of the week, add to the fantasy burn book, and recommend our top waiver adds after Week 3.

Headlines:

Russell Wilson (4:53)

Josh Allen (12:54)

Nick Foles (20:22)

Winners:

Rookie wide receivers (28:16)

Justin Herbert (32:26)

Last week’s waiver adds (33:57)

Fantasy Burn Book (36:40)

Week 4 waiver adds (44:31

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We look back on our Week 2 predictions and offer up our gut calls and bold predictions for Week 3 before building our million-dollar daily fantasy lineup.

Logan Thomas, Washington (9:26)

Allen Robinson, Bears (11:42)

Tyler Lockett, Seahawks (14:49)

CeeDee Lamb, Cowboys (17:04)

Joshua Kelley, Chargers (19:45)

Kenyan Drake, Cardinals (21:09)

Taysom Hill, Saints (24:29)

Drew Sample, Bengals (27:14)

Chiefs vs. Ravens (29:14)

Million-Dollar Lineup (34:11)

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We check in on the top 24 from preseason drafts and take a look at injuries, whiffs, and other preseason surprises entering Week 3. Craig calls in from Lake Tahoe to give a Take Tahoe. Then we take a look at some of our favorite listener bad beats.

Checking in on the Top 24

Christian McCaffrey (07:46)

Saquon Barkley (09:44)

Ezekiel Elliott (09:56)

Michael Thomas (10:05)

Derrick Henry (12:12)

Dalvin Cook (14:32)

Davante Adams (16:43)

Take Tahoe With Craig (40:27)

Bad Beats (56:18)

Hosts: Danny Heifetz and Danny Kelly

Guest: Craig Horlbeck

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Surprise! Everyone is injured! We take a look at the fallout from a brutal injury-marred Week 2 slate and then review the waiver wire along with who won this week.

Injuries

Saquon Barkley (05:31)

Christian McCaffrey (09:06)

Raheem Mostert (12:50)

Jimmy Garoppolo (16:44)

Davante Adams (17:59)

Waiver Rankings

Running Backs (37:47)

Receivers (46:39)

Tight Ends (52:09)

Quarterbacks (53:47)

Who Won the Week (54:06)

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly

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We look back on our Week 1 predictions and offer up our gut calls and bold predictions for Week 2 before building our million-dollar daily fantasy lineup.

Parris Campbell, Colts (11:13)

Josh Allen, Bills (14:22)

Dak Prescott and Michael Gallup, Cowboys (17:11)

Diontae Johnson, Steelers (20:01)

Ronald Jones, Buccaneers (22:07)

Tom Brady, Buccaneers (24:16)

Scotty Miller, Buccaneers (26:04)

Josh Jacobs, Raiders (28:31)

Saints Offense (31:21)

Million-Dollar Lineup (36:44)

Million-Dollar Lineup (36:44)

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We break down the sudden trade rumors surrounding Allen Robinson, Odell Beckham Jr., and Zach Ertz before discussing the biggest bounceback and drop-off candidates by drafting our favorite and least favorite players at each position. We finish the show with some Week 1 bad beats.

Trade Rumors (2:53)

Bounceback Draft (5:57)

Drop-off Draft (30:44)

Bad Beats (46:37)

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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Football is finally back, and we break down the headlines from the weekend, including Cam Newton’s promising fantasy start, the Bucs' disappointment, and how the lack of preseason affected fantasy scores. Then, we get into the top scorers of the week, discuss rookie running backs, and recommend our top waiver wire adds heading into Week 2.

Headlines (6:43)

Top Scorers (20:00)

Waiver Wire Adds (49:30)

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We preview the Chiefs-Texans game, give our Super Bowl and MVP picks, and offer up our gut fantasy predictions for Week 1 before closing the show with a listener-submitted question.

Keenan Allen (12:20)

Aaron Rodgers (14:30)

Kyler Murray (18:40)

Jared Goff (24:54)

Rookie RBs (27:31)

Jaguars defense (29:40)

Zach Ertz (34:09)

Travis Kelce and George Kittle (37:08)

Zane Gonzalez (38:28)

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We talk about Alvin Kamara's and Dalvin Cook’s contract situations, brief you on COVID-19's impact on NFL rules and fantasy football team management, break down roster cut downs, discuss injury updates, answer listener questions, and more.

Alvin Kamara and Dalvin Cook (4:53)

COVID-19 rules update (9:36)

Roster updates (15:57)

For last-second draft advice, check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Draft Guide!

Host: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We discuss Leonard Fournette signing with the Buccaneers and give a quick training camp injury update before highlighting some of the underdiscussed players from the preseason and giving our thoughts as we head into the last few days of draft season.

QB Carson Wentz, Eagles (17:43)

QB Drew Brees, Saints (19:57)

QB Russell Wilson, Seahawks (23:53)

TE Noah Fant, Broncos (26:51)

TE Eric Ebron, Steelers (29:17)

TE Zach Ertz, Eagles (32:17)

RB Nick Chubb, Browns (36:11)

RB Josh Jacobs, Raiders (38:40)

WR Henry Ruggs III, Raiders (40:05)

WR DJ Moore, Panthers (42:31)

WR AJ Green, Bengals (45:07)

WR AJ Brown, Titans (46:25)

As you head into draft weekend, make sure to use the Draft Tracker feature on The Ringer Fantasy Football Draft Guide.

Host: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We discuss Leonard Fournette getting cut from the Jaguars, the recent rumor of Alvin Kamara on the Saints' trading block, and highlight our favorite players from each round of a 12-team draft before answering our first listener question!

Round 1 (19:31)

Round 2 (23:39)

Round 3 (27:43)

Round 4 (29:59)

Round 5 (33:18)

Round 6 (40:17)

Round 7 (44:14)

Round 8 (46:14) 

Round 9 (48:39)

Round 10 (50:33)

Round 11 (51:47)

Round 12 (54:28)

Round 13 (58:57)

Listener Question (61:48)

It’s draft season, so check out The Ringer’s Fantasy Football Draft Guide and use our Draft Tracker to keep track of your players as you draft.

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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15 Bold Predictions for 2020 + ‘Hard Knocks’ Episode 3

We recap Episode 3 of ‘Hard Knocks’ and catch up on the latest news from training camp before offering up each of our five boldest predictions for the 2020 fantasy football season.

‘Hard Knocks’ (3:49)

Training Camp Update (8:03)

Bold Predictions: 

Tom Brady (13:09)

Davante Adams (18:25)

Mike Evans (20:27)

Aaron Jones (23:33)

Cam Akers (25:23)

Christian McCaffrey (28:30)

Austin Ekeler (33:10)

DeAndre Hopkins (36:09

Raheem Mostert (39:21)

David Johnson (41:39)

Top 10 Tight Ends (42:53)

Evan Engram (44:48)

Joe Burrow (46:53)

Damien Harris (51:27)

Le’Veon Bell (53:06)

It’s draft season, so check out The Ringer’s Fantasy Football Draft Guide and use our Draft Tracker to keep track of your players as you draft.

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We discuss the latest news from training camps before breaking down the players who have risen in our top 150 rankings the most in the past month. Check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for more player rankings, tiers, and mock drafts.

RB Clyde-Edwards Helaire, Chiefs (18:06)

RB James Conner, Steelers (20:05)

WR Marquise Brown, Ravens (21:53)

WR Will Fuller, Texans (25:16)

WR Michael Gallup, Cowboys (32:02)

WR Jalen Reagor, Eagles (35:37)

WR Calvin Ridley, Falcons (38:11)

WR Tyler Lockett, Seahawks (41:55)

WR Robert Woods, Rams (44:48)

WR Scotty Miller, Buccaneers (45:45)

RB Damien Harris, Patriots (49:33)

TE Chris Herndon, Jets (50:37)

WR Preston Williams, Dolphins (51:34)

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We break down our favorite moments from Episode 2 of ‘Hard Knocks’, provide fantasy player updates from around the league now that training camp is officially underway, highlight some new sleepers who are gaining steam, and introduce a new segment about all of the football-adjacent news around the league called “Anti-Lytics”.

Hard Knocks (1:19)

Training Camp News (12:05)

New Sleepers (43:27)

Anti-Lytics (49:47)

Check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for our updated top 150, positional tiers, expert mock drafts, and more.

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We dive deep into the ESPN and Yahoo draft experience and outline ways to gain an advantage on both platforms, including general strategies to follow and specific players to target.

Check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for our updated top 150, positional tiers, expert mock drafts, and more.

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck.

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We recap our favorite moments from the first episode of 'Hard Knocks' (00:00) before we break down snake, auction, and dynasty drafts and offer up our tips and tricks to come out on top. 

'Hard Knocks' (1:24)

Snake drafts (13:52)

Auction drafts (30:14)

Dynasty drafts (45:12)

Check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for our updated top 150, positional tiers, expert mock drafts, and more.

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We break down the players we don’t like at their current draft value in 2020.

RB Leonard Fournette, Jaguars (5:12)

QBs Lamar Jackson, Ravens/Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs (8:22)

WR DeAndre Hopkins, Cardinals (11:27)

RB Sony Michel, Patriots (14:03)

RB Le’Veon Bell, Jets (16:52)

RB Derrick Henry, Titans (19:10)

WR Cooper Kupp, Rams (22:53)

WR Deebo Samuel, 49ers (26:59)

WR Courtland Sutton, Broncos (29:02)

WR Stefon Diggs, Bills (34:26)

WR T.Y. Hilton, Colts (35:46)

WR Brandin Cooks, Texans (38:25)

TE Zach Ertz, Eagles (39:52)

TE Jared Cook, Saints (41:11)

RB Antonio Gibson, Washington (43:14)

Check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for our updated rankings, tiers, mock drafts, and more.

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We talk through our quarterback and tight end tiers and point out the players we like the most, and the players who should be relegated to the tier below.

QB Tiers

Tier 1 (5:31)

Tier 2 (6:45)

Tier 3 (13:11)

Tier 4 (17:30)

Tier 5 (23:55)

Tight End Tiers

Tier 1 (32:32)

Tier 2 (33:08)

Tier 3 (35:07)

Tier 4 (41:21)

Tier 5 (49:47)

Check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for a closer look at our tiers, rankings, and more.

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We talk through our wide receiver tiers and point out the players we like the most and the ones who should be relegated to the tier below.

Tier 1 (6:24)

Tier 2 (7:32)

Tier 3 (8:55)

Tier 4 (17:01)

Tier 5 (25:01)

Tier 6 (30:18)

Tier 7 (37:07)

Tier 8 (43:31)

Tier 9 (48:27)

Check out The Ringer's Fantasy Football Guide for a closer look at our tiers, rankings, and more.

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We talk through our running back tiers and point out the players we like the most, and the ones who should be relegated to the tier below.

Tier 1 (8:30)

Tier 2 (9:37)

Tier 3 (12:51)

Tier 4 (15:04)

Tier 5 (27:11)

Tier 6 (32:58)

Tier 7 (38:03)

Tier 8 (44:49)

Tier 9 (47:11)

Check out the Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for a closer look at our tiers, rankings, and more.

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We nominate the players who are set up for a bounceback or a bust season and tell you which side of the coin we land on.

WR JuJu Smith-Schuster and RB James Conner, Steelers (3:16)

WR Odell Beckham, Browns and QB Baker Mayfield, Browns (9:16)

QB Jared Goff, Rams (15:26)

QB Matt Ryan, Falcons (18:16)

RB David Johnson, Texans (20:42)

RB Le’Veon Bell, Jets (24:55)

QB Aaron Rodgers, Packers (30:44)

QB Phillip Rivers and WR T.Y. Hilton, Colts (35:13)

RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Chiefs (38:49)

WR Adam Thielen, Vikings (43:11)

For more fantasy rankings, sleepers, and draft info, check out the Ringer Fantasy Football Draft Guide.

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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We break down their top sleepers for the 2020 fantasy season.

WR Steven Sims, Washington (4:14)

TE Chris Herndon, Jets (7:43)

TE Jace Sternberger, Packers (13:31)

TE Gerald Everett, Rams (15:51)

RB Tarik Cohen, Bears (18:04)

WR Preston Williams, Dolphins (22:22)

RB Nyheim Hines, Colts (25:37)

WR Golden Tate, Giants (28:50)

WR Jalen Hurd, 49ers (32:38)

WR James Washington and Diontae Johnson, Steelers (35:20)

RB Damien Harris, Patriots (40:50)

For more fantasy rankings, sleepers, and mock drafts, check out the Ringer Fantasy Football Draft Guide.

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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The Ringer’s Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck welcome you back to ‘The Ringer Fantasy Football Show’ to break down their top draft targets for the 2020 season. 

Don’t forget to check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Draft Guide for top 150 rankings, expert mock drafts, auction values, top targets, and much more.

-Allen Robinson (3:21)

-Kenyan Drake (6:46)

-Robert Woods (10:10)

-Damien Williams (12:17)

-Adam Thielen (17:36)

-Tyler Lockett (19:14)

-James Conner (21:23)

-Mark Andrews (24:13)

-Hayden Hurst (25:47)

-Calvin Ridley (27:47)

-A.J. Brown (28:40)

-Josh Allen (31:21)

-Matt Stafford (33:31)

-George Kittle (35:23)

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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The Ringer’s Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck debut ‘The Ringer Fantasy Football Show’ with a refresher on some of the players on new teams in 2020 and how we expect them to perform this year.

-Tom Brady (10:13)

-Rob Gronkowski (15:08)

-Cam Newton (21:00)

-Todd Gurley (28:01)

-DeAndre Hopkins (36:25)

-Kenyan Drake (42:20)

-David Johnson (45:35)

-Melvin Gordon (51:35)

-Stefon Diggs (53:32)

-Hayden Hurst (57:58)

-Austin Hooper (60:27)

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

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Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck will guide you through your fantasy football season, providing analysis on both big-picture conversations like weekly matchups, trades, and daily fantasy, as well as the subtleties that will make the difference in your league.

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